#CD5550#CD5550

#CD5550 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.154 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5550
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, 47.27, 27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 54.53, 29.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.1392 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.154 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8760, 20.0591, 9.8864)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5550 #50C8CD

analogous

#CD5089 #CD5550 #CD9350

triadic

#CD5550 #50CD55 #5550CD

tetradic

#CD5550 #89CD50 #50C8CD #9350CD

square

#CD5550 #89CD50 #50C8CD #9350CD

split-complementary

#CD5550 #50CD93 #5089CD

monochromatic

#7E2824 #AE3732 #CD5550 #DB8380 #E8B1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#CD5550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#CD5550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5550

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5550	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91854D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.154 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28981',
    500: '#cd5550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5550;
$custom-light: #e28981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.4,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60349,
    "c": 0.15378,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5550

secondary

#A2D4D6

accent

#D9DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5550

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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